John D. Crouchley Jr.

World War II
Service #O-802172
Unit828th Bomber Squadron, 485th Bomber Group, Heavy
RankFirst Lieutenant U.S. Army Air Forces
Entered Service From Rhode Island
Date of DeathJune 28 1944
StatusRecovered
Memorialized
Tablets of the Missing
Air Medal
Distinguished Flying Cross
Purple Heart
Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal, Purple Heart
Notes

Through the work of the Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency, the remains of 1st Lt. John D. Crouchley, Jr., were accounted for in 2018. His name is permanently inscribed on the “Walls of the Missing” at Florence American Cemetery.

rosetta medal
When an individual’s remains have been accounted for by the U.S. Department of Defense, a rosette is placed next to the name on the Wall/Tablet/Court of the Missing to mark that the person now rests in a known gravesite.